Weekend review: this week's software for 8-06-06

I hope you've cleaned out your downloads directory, because we have another roundup of software for the week of 7-30-06 to 8-5-06:

Shareware

Pukka 1.3 - del.icio.us bookmarking utility gets private 'mark and AppleScript support
Packrat 0.87 - killer offline Backpack client (probably the only) receives page link editing and creation
TubeSock - Rip, mix, save and convert YouTube videos for your iPod
WiLMa - automatically change default network, printer, SMTP servers, desktop wallpaper, system volume and more based on Mac OS X Locations
Audio Hijack Pro 2.7 - big podcast recording update to an already killer audio app

Freeware

Apple Security Update 2006-004 - many bugs and security holes were put to rest

kip - iPhoto for your documents (digital or otherwise)
Afloat - killer Mac OS X plugin/utility that brings transparency and 'always on top' options to all Cocoa apps
Quake 4 demo - Aspyr finally gets a clue, releases demo of $50, hardware-hungry game
Picasa Web Album Uploaders - Google releases standalone uploader and iPhoto plugin for their Picasa web photo sharing service
Doodim - darken background apps (a la Exposé) for better concentration

Open Source

Back/Center Stage 0.6 - open source media center project receives Apple Remote support, new UI and Intel-friendliness
NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua Beta - major update to the non-X11 OpenOffice client

Donationware

ShapeOnYou - handy and integrated basic 3D drawing app
Photoshop Automator Actions v3 - major update to rocking set of around 50 actions for automation with and without Photoshop

Widgets

DashMail (formerly QuickMail) - quick email widget, works with addresses from Gmail, AOL, AIM, Yahoo! , .Mac and custom servers. Remembers addresses and subjects, with Address Book support in the works
iPick - magic card trick widget
Reuters Yahoo! Widget - 10-line Reuters news widget for Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
Telescope - Basecamp widget

Universal

Camino (Intel-optimized) - Mac OS X-friendly Mozilla browser receives an Intel-only optimized build

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Paul

It must be limited to the G5

August 06 2006 at 6:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Chartier

Sorry to say it guys, but mine's working fine. MacBook Pro 2.0 Ghz, 1.5 GB RAM and 10.4.7.

August 06 2006 at 6:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David

Paul,
Yeah! Mine is the same way! What's the deal with that!

August 06 2006 at 5:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Paul

does anyone know anything about the pop art issue in photobooth? mine stopped working after i updated to 10.4.7. it's the top red quadrant and the rest is solid yellow

http://lists.apple.com/attachments/png2UGCocuQOo.png

August 06 2006 at 3:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply